Saturday, August 31, 2013

Victory

The
routine never ceases to change, nor do the long hours. Having my evening
permeated with classes has a different feel in itself, and after going through
it for more than a year, I have to confess about the disorientated feeling I go
through in the absence of classes. Well there are some problems of these long
hours of disconnection from the world and logging completely into books and I did
feel mildly exposed to one of them just today.

A
happy moment,

Lost
in those long hours,

The
moment going absent,

This
is what we do not wish for.

So
today I discovered, after a quarter of a day had passed that I and 3 of my
friends had been selected for the next round in a competition (Regional Finals)
by British Council, Debating Matters.
Now I did feel elated and excited and shocked as well (to some extent ‘cause
maybe I didn’t have high hopes for it).

So,
completely worked up, ecstatic and eager to share this new happiness with my
friends and family, I reach home to discover that everything’s leaked already. The
cat is out of the bag, and it’s been 6 hours (6 whole hours!) since that
happened.

So
with content and joy in one corner of my heart, with a strange forlorn feeling
in another part of my heart, and a newly discovered nervousness as well, I sit
down to write this post. And as I continue past this line, the happiness gets
back to me and it destroys the rest of the stray feelings which hold parts of
my heart and brain hostage.

Never
goes a feeling undone,

Be
it happiness or grief,

The
true value is shadowed

Eventually,
But its stay is never brief.

The
value felt for eternity,

The
heart continues basking,

In
the warmth and glow,

We
spread the radiance, and continue smiling.

PS:
Feeling wonderful after this miracle, yet there is the nervousnessabout facing the next round at a higher level.
Would like to profusely thank my principal, Tanya Ma’am and Nabila Miss, for
giving us a chance at this competition, and for helping us out and having
belief in us, and Krishna Chopra, Vrushali Sukhi, and Saahil Dhar for being the
most co-operative and friendly teammates.